The ensuing conversation between Cao Cao and Cao Zhi almost made Cao Zhi faint.
After chatting about what happened after the two parted ways, Cao Zhi naturally asked about Cao Cao's situation in Chenliu. When it came to Chenliu, Cao Cao was obviously interested.
How could something happen?
Let’s start with Cao Zhi’s letter.
After Cao Cao got Zhang Miao's help, he recruited troops and horses in Chenliu. The recruitment went smoothly. Within a few days, he recruited two to three thousand soldiers and horses. Zhang Miao was the prefect and originally had three thousand defenders. In this way,
In addition, they also had five or six thousand men and horses. With the men and horses, Cao Cao became restless and planned every day when to attack Dong Zhuo. But after many calculations, he always felt that the strength was a little weak. Cao Cao had seen Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army before.
It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "strong soldiers and strong horses".
After Dong Zhuo took control of the capital, most of his Xiliang troops moved closer to Luoyang, basically replacing the Sili District's defense of the capital. And because Dong Zhuo still controlled the orthodox central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some of his troops were seriously poisoned by traditional feudal ideas.
Many people are still willing to surround Dong Zhuo's central government, including some senior generals with military power, so now Dong Zhuo not only has strong troops and horses, but also has a large number of troops. Cao Cao estimates that Dong Zhuo has about 100,000 to 150,000 troops and horses based on information analysis.
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Although Cao Cao is said to be a righteous army, his five or six thousand troops are only enough to fill Dong Zhuo's teeth.
When Cao Cao felt that his hero was short of breath, Xiahou Dun arrived with a thousand men and horses and more than a dozen carts of property. Cao Cao was naturally happy to have more men, horses and military expenses. This was not the most exciting thing for Cao Cao. After reading Cao Zhi's letter, he
This is what excites him the most.
The alliance mentioned by Cao Zhi in the letter, Yuan Shao, gave Cao Cao an idea. What a great idea. If you don't have enough troops, you can form an alliance. If there are people in the world who are dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, if you join forces, you will be stronger.
, but also afraid of Dong Zhuo.
Who else could he choose as the leader of the alliance instead of Yuan Shao? Cao Cao believed that Yuan Shao was very suitable to be the leader. First, Yuan Shao was of noble birth. He had the background of "Four Generations and Three Dukes". The position of "Three Dukes" in the Han Dynasty was very high.
, second only to the emperor, it can be said that "one person is less than ten thousand people". Their family has many disciples and former officials in the officialdom, and the Yuan family is the most popular and prominent family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Secondly, Yuan Shao is very talented and beautiful.
He is smart, well-spoken, and good at handling interpersonal relationships. He has contacts with many celebrities and scholar-bureaucrats. It is perfect to have him as a high-profile person.
After reading the letter, Cao Cao burst out laughing. He thought to himself, "My second brother, since he broke his head that time, he has had more and more brilliant ideas. He was not so smart before. Look."
It's a good fall." Cao Cao now doesn't care whether Cao Zhixin asked him to join the alliance or not. He has now found a quick way to conquer Dong Zhuo, and he is very excited! He quickly went to Zhang Miao to discuss it.
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Not long after, Cao Cao and Zhang Miao openly raised the banner to form a rebel army to attack Dong Zhuo. In fact, Cao Zhi had already done so, but he was too embarrassed to say it.
Cao Cao was very satisfied and thought that this was the most meaningful thing he had done in his life. The sooner anything is done, the more people will remember it and let history remember it. Cao Cao "initiated the righteous army" and robbed
The first one. Cao Cao's initiative was echoed by heroes from all over the world. Princes and heroes from all walks of life raised their troops and raised the flag of righteousness to attack Dong Zhuo and restore the Han Dynasty.
Later General Yuan Shu, Jizhou Mu Han Fu, Yuzhou Governor Kong Niao, Yanzhou Governor Liu Dai, Hanoi Governor Wang Kuang, Bohai Governor Yuan Shao, Chenliu Governor Zhang Miao, Dongjun Governor Qiao Mao, Shanyang Governor Yuan Qian, Jibei Prime Minister Bao
Xin raised troops at the same time to form a coalition, and publicly recommended Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance. Since this army was stationed east of Hangu Pass, it was called the "Kwantung Rebels", also called the "Kwantung Allied Army", or simply the "Kwantung Army".
When it came to the Bohai Governor Yuan Shao, Cao Zhi didn't understand for a moment how Yuan Shao became the Bohai Governor. So what was Yuan Shao doing during this time? Cao Cao explained to him the recent performance of the leader of the Kanto Alliance.
This begins with Dong Zhuo's entry into the capital. After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he was thinking about changing the emperor. He wanted to depose the emperor Liu Bian and make Chenliu King Liu Xie the emperor, so he approached Yuan Shao to discuss it. Why did he discuss it with Yuan Shao? Because Yuan Shao's
The uncle was a Taifu, one of the "Three Lords". Cao Zhi's father, Cao Song, was also one of the "Three Lords" at that time, a Taiwei, but before Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, he was kidnapped back to his hometown by Cao Zhi. When Dong Zhuo came to Beijing
, He Jin was dead, so Yuan Kui was the only "three princes" in the capital at that time. So Dong Zhuo wanted Yuan Shao to send a message to his uncle, asking his uncle to come out and support him in changing the emperor. Yuan Shao's eyes rolled when he heard this.
, said to this Dong Zhuo: "Then I will go back and talk to my uncle", and then ran away.
After Yuan Shao escaped from Luoyang, for the sake of face, he bragged to others about how he righteously and sternly rejected Dong Zhuo on the spot. He scolded Dong Zhuo, "How can you change this emperor casually? Is it you who replaced the emperor?" Dong Zhuo was furious when he heard this.
Furious, he pulled out the sword and scolded Yuan Shao, "You bastard, Zhu Zi, am I not the one who has the final say in the affairs of the world? Do you think my Dong Zhuo's sword is not fast?"
Dong Zhuo scolded Yuan Shao. Not to be outdone, Yuan Shao pulled out his sword and placed one across his chest, with the blade facing outward and the back facing in. He said, "Is Master Dong's sword the only one in the world that is fast?"
Then he retreated, exited the venue, and fled the capital overnight.
This is what Yuan Shao said himself. Cao Zhicai did not believe that he had the courage. In any case, Yuan Shao became famous all over the world because of his opposition to Dong Zhuo.
When Yuan Shao escaped from Luoyang, the capital, Dong Zhuo was planning to hunt down Yuan Shao. At this time, several celebrities in the capital had good relations with Yuan Shao, so they went to persuade Dong Zhuo. Don't do this, sir. Yuan Shao is a young man.
He is ignorant, he does not know the general situation, and he is afraid if he accidentally offends you. Of course he will run away. He has no other intentions, but the Yuan family's "Four Generations and Three Dukes" disciples and former officials are all over the world, so you might as well appoint them
As a prefect, he will definitely be grateful. If Yuan Shao is grateful to you, Mr. Dong, then wouldn’t everything east of the Taihang Mountains belong to you? Dong Zhuo said this makes sense, okay, so he appointed Yuan Shao as the prefect of Bohai.
But Dong Zhuo, a bandit, could not just relieve his anger. Within a few days, Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Shao's uncle, Grand Tutor Yuan Kui, and his entire family.
After Yuan Shao escaped from the capital, life was not easy. Yuan Shao first fled to Jizhou, which was Han Fu's territory. Han Fu was able to become the shepherd of Jizhou because of his connections with Yuan Shao's family. Yuan Shao thought it would be safe to escape here.
I didn't expect that Han Fu was not a good guy. As soon as he heard that Yuan Shao was coming, he was appointed as the governor of Bohai. Han Fu immediately became nervous. What should I do? Is he trying to steal my territory? Han Fu immediately sent troops to guard Yuan Shao.
stand up.
Han Fu, the pastor of Jizhou, was a man without any ideas. At this moment, Han Fu received letters from Cao Cao and Qiao Mao. The letter roughly stated that Cao Cao was preparing to revolt, and Qiao Mao was also preparing to join. Everyone
They joined forces to deal with Dong Zhuo. When the letter was written to Han Fu, Han Fu actually took it out and asked his advisers, "Look, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao are going to fight. Should we help Dong Zhuo? Or Cao Cao?"
One of his counselors named Liu Zihui immediately jumped up and said: "We are raising troops for the country, why should we ask who to help!" With one sentence, Han Fu blushed and said: "Then what can we do?" Liu Zihui followed him
He came up with an idea and said: "Stand still, the soldier is a deadly weapon, and he cannot be the leader." What he meant was that as a man, you should not be the first in the world. The first bird will be shot, and the first rafter will die first. Let's first see how others are doing.
We move when others move, and we don’t move when others don’t move. It seems that Liu Zihui is not too good, but Han Fu listened to this, because what Han Fu fears most is losing his territory. Han Fu’s Jizhou
It is said that the existing food in Jizhou is enough to last for ten years, so Han Fu is most afraid of others coming to invade his territory, especially Yuan Shao. Later, Cao Cao also heard that Yuan Shao was under house arrest by Han Fu, and he used his good offices and contacted him many times.
He interceded with Kong Niao, Liu Dai, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, and Bao Xin, and wrote many joint letters with Zhang Miao to Han Fu. Until finally the "Kwantung Allied Army" was established, and everyone unanimously recommended Yuan Shao as the leader. Han Fu had no choice but to
Yuan Shao was released.
When Yuan Shao became the "Kwantung Allied Forces", in order to express his gratitude to Cao Cao, the first thing he did was appoint Cao Cao as "General Fenwu".
Since escaping from Luoyang, Cao Cao and Cao Zhi have become wanted criminals and have lost their official positions. Although this official position belongs to Yuan Shaofeng and is not so orthodox, it is better than nothing. Not to mention Cao Cao's joy.
Cao Cao was talking with high spirits but somehow he mentioned Ren Hongchang. Cao Cao said: "This girl is quite good this time. Not only is she beautiful, but she is also virtuous. She was still waiting on you while you were unconscious all day and night.
You, I've been here a few times, and I can tell she's worried about you."
Cao Zhien said something, and he already knew from Ren Hongchang's eyes that were red from crying.
"Do you want to take her as a concubine, or..." Cao Cao ignored the frightened Cao Zhi and continued to say happily: "If you want to marry her, you are afraid that your father will have sectarian opinions."
, after all, she comes from a humble background, so let’s take her as my concubine!”
Cao Zhi is not in the mood to talk to him about these things now. He has not yet fully recovered from Cao Cao's formation of the "Kwantung Alliance".
Cao Cao went on to say: "This time I also married a concubine in Chenliu, and she was gentle and virtuous, which was quite to my liking."
"Ah? I've never heard you say that." Cao Zhi was a little surprised that he had married a little wife so quickly after not seeing her for a few months.
"Well, it was a temporary decision," Cao Cao said.
This is also decided on a temporary basis. In ancient times, marrying a wife required a good match. Marrying a concubine was relatively casual, unlike marrying a wife, which required the orders of parents and the words of a matchmaker.
This is what Cao Cao did in the past two months. After hearing this, Cao Zhi almost fainted ten times. He once again emphasized that Cao Cao should not join the Guandong Alliance. Cao Cao was very enthusiastic, so if you can listen, it is a done deal.
The founder of the Guandong Alliance is still Cao Cao. Alas! There is no way to save it. Cao Zhi can only sigh there, really regretting writing that letter. Cao Zhi is so upset! He is not in the mood to talk to Cao Cao anymore, saying that he
I was tired and wanted to take a nap, so Cao Cao left.